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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 514146, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/514146
Clinical Study

HPV Type Distribution and Cervical Cytology among HIV-Positive Tanzanian and South African Women

Joke A. M. Dols,1,2,3 Gregor Reid,3 Joelle M. Brown,4 Hugo Tempelman,5 Tj. Romke Bontekoe,6 Wim G. V. Quint,7 and Mathilde E. Boon2

1Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2Leiden Cytology and Pathology Laboratory, P.O. Box 16084, 2301 GB Leiden, The Netherlands
3Lawson Health Research Institute, Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics and Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, N6A 4V2, Canada
4Department of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
5Ndlovu Care Group, Elandsdoorn, P.O. Box 15008, Groblersdal 0470, South Africa
6Bontekoe Research, Rooseveltstraat 4-d, 2321 BM Leiden, The Netherlands
7DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Visseringlaan 25, 2288 ER Rijswijk, The Netherlands

Received 26 February 2012; Accepted 6 May 2012

Academic Editors: K. Chan, M. KĂĽhnert, E. Porcu, and L. C. Zeferino

Copyright © 2012 Joke A. M. Dols et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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